Rail-joint.



'No. 741,295. v PATENTED OGT. 13, 1903' A. M. BEASON.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 1903.

. no MODEL.

Patented October 13, 1903.

ATET

ALBERT M. BEASON, OF WHITNEY, ALABAMA.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,295, dated October 13, 1903.

Application filed May 1 1903. Serial No. 155,217. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT M. BEASON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Whitney, in the county of St. Clair and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention provides a joint for the ends of rails, and relates more essentially to the type embodying the use of a supporting-chair embracing the said end portions of the rails.

The salient feature of the improvement is the peculiar form of the chair, which is made in sections of such a structure as to interlock with each other and when in position establishing a firm foundation-joint means.

For a full description of theinvention and its merits and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of theinvention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the joint applied to adjacent rail ends. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the lower chair-section. Fig. 3 is a perspective View similar to Fig. 2, showing the upper chair-section. Fig. 4 isa sectional view taken about centrally of the chair members.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

As mentioned before, the joint consists of a chair comprising an upper section 1 and a lower section 2. The sections -1 and 2 have formed thereon side wings 3 and 4, respectively. The wings 3 and 4 serve in the capacity of fish-plates or like joining means and embrace the rail ends upon opposite sides thereof. The wings 3 and 4 are cast with the body portions of the chair-section and extend in contact when the parts are in position with the basal and Web portions of the rails, as will be clearly noted in Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings. The wing 3 upon the chair-section 1 is disposed thereon in such a manner as to provide an overlapping portion 5, the purpose of which will appear more clearly as the description proceeds. Adjacent the portion of the section 1 upon which the wing 3 is situated and projected laterally from the under side of the said section is a jaw 6. A flange 7is formed opposite the wing4 upon the section 2, and this section 2 is provided upon the base thereof witha longitudinal opening 8, which opening is adapted to receive the jaw 6 of the member of the section 1. The opening 8 upon the section 2 is so disposed that a portion of the flange 7 is cut away in a manner which will be easily noted upon reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings. An opening 9 is likewise provided upon the section 1, and this opening receives the wing 4 upon the section 2 when the parts are assembled in proper relation to join the rail ends. In placing the chair-sections in position to form the receiving-chair for the rails the jaw 6 of the section 1 is given curvilinear movement, so as to bring the basal portion of the said section down upon the corresponding portion of the section 2. The cut-away portion of flange 7 is thus embraced by the jaw 6 upon one side and the overlapping portion 5 upon the other side. The curvilinear movement of the section 1, as before described, brings the wing 4 of the section 2 within the opening 9 of the first-named section, and the two wings reinforced are thus arranged in proper relation and are ready to receive the end portions of the rails. The sections when disposed as above may then be readily slipped upon the end of one of the rails, and by a longitudinal movement the other rail may be placed within the chair as now formed. To fix the position of the chair, notches 10 are provided upon the end portions of the perspective sections 1 and 2, and by means of these notches spikes or like fasteniugs may be driven into the ties in such a manner as to prevent any longitudinal movement of the chair. The rails when disposed Within the chair serve to lock the sections 1 and 2 from any movement which might tend to displace them. The rigidity of the joint is preserved in a manner very apparent, owing to the precise form and arrangement of the cooperating part, as above set forth.

The chair being made in only two parts is adapted for ready application to the rail ends to set up the joint and of course may be removed very quickly when desired.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a rail-joint of the character described, a chair consisting of upper and lower base sections supporting wings adapted to embrace the rail ends projected from the said sections, the upper section being provided with an opening to receive the wing of the lower section.

2. In a rail-joint, a chair consisting of upper and lower sections, wings projected upwardly from the respective sections and adapted to embrace the rail ends upon opposite sides, the upper section being provided with a longitudinal opening to receive the wing of the other section and a flange formed upon the lower section and adapted to brace the wing upon the upper section.

3. In a rail-joint, a chair comprising upper and lower sections, wings projected upwardly from the respective sections, the upper section being provided with a longitudinal opening to receive the wing of the lower section, an extension projected from the upper member and adapted to interlock with the lower member.

4. In a rail-joint, a chair comprising upper and lower sections, side wings projected upward from each of the sections, the upper section being provided with a longitudinal opening to receive the wing of the lower section, and an extension projected from the upper section and received within an opening upon the lower section.

5. In a rail-joint, a chair comprising upper and lower sections, bracing-wings projected upwardly and openings disposed upon each of the sections, the opening in the upper section being adapted to receive the wing of the lower section, an extension disposed upon the upper section adjacent the wing thereto, said extension being adapted to interlock with the opening upon the lower section.

6. In a rail-joint, a chair comprising upper and lower sections, wings projected upwardly from the opening in each of said sections, a flange disposed upon the lower section adjacent the opening thereon, the opening in the upper section being adapted to receive the wing of the lower section, an extension projected from the upper section interlocking with the portion of the flange adjacent the opening of the lower section.

7. In a rail-joint, a chair comprising upper and lower sections provided with upwardlyextending wings, each section being provided with a longitudinal opening upon the basal portion thereof, a flange disposed upon the lower section adjacent the opening therein, and a jaw extending from the upper section adjacent the wing thereon, the opening in the upper section being adapted to receive the wing of the lower section and the opening in the lower section to receive the jaw of the upper section, the said jaw embracing the portion of the flange of the lower section adjacent the opening therein.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT M. BEASON. Witnesses:

JOHN W. BEASON, J. P. MONTGOMERY. 

